So, I'm a collector. Throughout various stages of my life I have collected; cards, stamps, comics, coins, books, rocks, soda cans, movies, toys, autographs, sports memorabilia among other things... So naturally with a love for beer, I started collecting bottles of beer - full bottles. The idea was that I would buy at least 2 bottles of each different beer that I would try, drink one and save one for display. It worked great for a while, but having a wife and young children didn't lend the beer bottle collection much of an area to display them properly. So, I moved my collection of about 200 domestic and imported beer bottles to the basement. Now what? So all of these bottles have been sitting around - some of them for 10 years, what was I going to to with them? I got rid of a few of the common ones - Miller Lite, MGD, Bud, Coors, Guinness, etc. Those had more than likely gone bad in the first few months of storage. But I couldn't bring myself to just throw the rest of them away, many were obtained on trips to regional breweries and many of them were "one off" beers that were either a one shot deal with no intention of brewing them again, or some sort of special celebration or seasonal beer. I tried donating my collection to various beer museums and regular museums but none of them wanted my collection since it was too new. I tried to bring some of the more rare ones to consignment shops in the area, but none of them wanted anything to do with them. I tried to sell all of them on Craigslist for as low as $20, still no takers!
So, It has come to this - I will one by one drink each one and post the results on here. I plan on starting with the beers that I think will have not benefited from cellaring - like the domestic lite beers, hop forward beers (IPA's), and some of the other lighter fare that I hung on to for whatever reason. Then I will gradually work up to the beers that I think will have turned out the best, and share my tasting experience on here.
